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Getting a gift for a pregnant mama can be difficult – giving them bubbles to celebrate their good news is just cruel. Tea loving mamas are also facing 9 months of restricted caffeine, but this selection of 6 herbal teas for pregnancy and new motherhood, are specially blended and make the perfect gift.
Three teas are designed to help with pregnancy and motherhood. Three are for after the arrival of the baby – to support breast feeding and help with sleep deprivation. Not only are they useful, they are also carefully blended to be delicious and sugar- free.
In total the set includes 5 packs of herbal tea and 1 pack of white tea.
Morning Rescue is a zingy blend of whole ginger pieces, lemongrass, lemon balm, lemon verbena and whole peppermint leaf.
Get Up & Glow has grapes as its base to give this tea an uplifting effect, without caffeine. A perfect coffee replacement.
The Final Push is our whole raspberry leaf and peppermint blend, to help prepare you to meet your baby. Drinks from 32 weeks pregnant Linked to shorter 2nd stage labour, and fewer interventions in birth.
Night Owl is a natural cup of calm, containing whole chamomile flowers, valerian root, lavender, rooibos, lime and corn flowers.
Milk's Up is a blend of natural herbs to support breastfeeding, with fenugreek, fennel, anise and nettle tea.
Head Start our white peony tea and with rosebuds. Higher in caffeine than a cup of black tea, but also high in theanine - a relaxant that gives the tea a gentle, slow release of caffeine
Will raspberry leaf bring on labour?
The short answer is no. There's no real evidence to show that drinking raspberry leaf when you're overdue will bring your baby any earlier. Instead, the evidence shows that it can lead to a shorter second stage labour and fewer interventions in labour. This is why we recommend drinking it as part of your prep from 32 weeks.
When should I start drinking raspberry leaf?
You can start drinking raspberry leaf tea from 32 weeks. Have a maximum of 3 cups a day. But we recommend having 1 cup a day from 32 weeks, increasing to two cups at 33 weeks, and up to 3 cups a day from 34 weeks.
How much raspberry leaf is in The Final Push?
It is 60% raspberry leaf and 40% peppermint. This is to balance the flavour, and allow the peppermint to also help heartburn which is a major issue for many women at the end of pregnancy. Also, the raspberry leaf we use is whole leaf. This is so you can get more of its benefits compared to dust, which is found in a normal tea bag, but also loses its goodness to the air quickly after production. However, this leaf is really big so we couldn't make a 100% raspberry leaf, whole leaf tea bag.